1,359

Number of enrolled freshmen

39
Number of admitted
students postponing
Yale enrollment
50:50
Male:female ratio
13.8%
Legacy aliation
49
U.S. states
represented
(plus the District
of Columbia and
Puerto Rico)
29,610
Number of rst year applicants
(single choice early action: 4,522; regular decision: 25,088)
50%
Students receiving
nancial aid
$40,800
Average need-based yearly
scholarship for nancial
aid recipients
12%
First-generation students
(students who will be the rst in
their family to graduate from
a four-year college or university)
49
countries represented
in the freshman class
88

countries
represented
at Yale College
Yale College Class of 2017
Freshman Class Prole
Countries represented at
Yale College, by citizenship
Afghanistan Albania Argentina
Australia Austria Bahrain
Bangladesh Bosnia and
Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria
Cambodia Canada China Croatia
Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark
Dominica Dominican Republic
Ecuador Egypt El Salvador
Estonia Ethiopia Finland France
Gaza Georgia Germany Ghana
Gibraltar Greece Guernsey Hong
Kong India Indonesia Iran Ireland
Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan
Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea
Latvia Macedonia Malaysia
Mauritius Mexico Morocco Nepal
Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria
Norway Pakistan Peru Philippines
Poland Romania Russia Saudi
Arabia Senegal Singapore
Slovakia Slovenia South Africa
South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka
Swaziland Sweden Switzerland
Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad
and Tobago Turkey Uganda
United Arab Emirates United
Kingdom United States Venezuela
Vietnam West Bank Zimbabwe
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Top fteen intended majors
(over 80 majors currently offered by Yale College)
Biomedical Engineering Chemistry Cognitive Science Economics English
Environmental Studies Ethics, Politics, & Economics Global Affairs History
Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology Physics Political Science
149 students did not indicate a probable major.
High school class rank
for students whose schools report class rank
Top 10%: 95%
TOP 10%: 97%
Background
The following is based on self-reported
afliation information solicited from applicants
and students once they arrive on campus.
A total of 39% of freshmen are US citizens or
permanent residents from minority groups.
Categories do not add up to 100% because
14.9% of freshmen indicated two or more
ethnicities and are therefore counted in more
than one category.
African American
Asian American
Hispanic
Native American
White
International Students
9.9%
20.2%
10.2%
2%
61.9%
10%
Geographic distribution
by residence
Northeast
Middle Atlantic
South
Midwest
Southwest
West
All others
35.5%
7.1%
10.8%
12.5%
4.6%
16.9%
12.5%
High schools attended
U.S. schools only150 students attended school
outside of the U.S.
Public
Independent day
Boarding
Religious
acT ranges
for freshmen who submitted act scores
Composite 3236
72.1%
SAT ranges
% of freshmen submitting sat i who scored in
listed range
760800
700750
600690
below 600
2731
26.2%
below 27
1.9%
Critical Reading
48.6%
31.1%
18.3%
1.9%
Math
51.8%
28.9%
18.4%
0.1%
Writing
51.8%
30.1%
16.5%
1.6%
Oce of Undergraduate Admissions
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PO Box 208234
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57.6%
22.3%
11.8%
8.3%